Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Jesus Rodriguez
Age : 23
Gender : Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 07/01/2021
Location : 2100 Fairburn Road
City : Douglasville
County : Douglas
State : Georgia
Agency : Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during burglary response
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 07/01/2021, a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed Jesus Rodriquez, 23, in the backyard of a residence at 2049 Skyview Circle in Douglasville. The encounter began at approximately 9:00 a.m. after an employee at an emissions inspection station heard a suspicious noise coming from a neighboring car dealership at 2100 Fairburn Road.
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The employee opened an office door and encountered a man who made a statement about needing a car and had an object in his hand. The employee closed the door and called 911. Two Douglas County deputies responding to the call saw a man matching the description walking along Highway 92 toward Interstate 20.
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When Rodriquez saw the deputies, he turned away from the highway, walked up a business driveway, crossed a chain-link fence and entered the backyard at 2049 Skyview Circle. The deputies followed and encountered him there.
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The GBI reported that Rodriquez was armed with a knife. One deputy deployed a Taser in an attempt to subdue him, but the Taser was ineffective. Police alleged that at the same time Rodriquez advanced toward the second deputy while holding the knife. That deputy fired, striking him.
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The deputies administered first aid until emergency medical personnel arrived. Rodriquez was transported from the scene but died while being taken to the hospital.
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office requested an independent investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI subsequently identified the deceased as Jesus Rodriquez, 23. The completed investigation was to be submitted to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office for review.
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The GBI’s statewide record of 2021 police shootings lists the July 1 Douglas County case as its 52nd police-shooting investigation of the year and records Rodriquez, 23, as the person killed, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office as the involved agency and Skyview Circle as the location.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy who shot Rodriquez was not publicly identified in the GBI releases located for this case.
